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ESTIGMENE. By M. Gaede. 
The following species are mostly orange-yellow, almost or entirely without 
black dots. 
griseata. E. griseata Hmps. (13 i). Thorax brownish grey. Abdomen yellowish-brown with black lateral dots. 
Forewing brownish grey. Black dots at the cress-vein and below it. Hindwing pale reddish-brown with a black 
central spot. 36 mm. Somaliland. 
ochreomar- E. ochreomargiiiata B.-Bak. (= Ams. ansorgei Bothsch.) (14 a) differs somewhat in the small size 
ginaia. an( j broad wings. Thorax reddish-brown, abdomen orange with black dorsal spots. Forewing reddish-brown. 
Costal margin and some part of the hind-margin orange. Hindwing brownish-yellow. 28 mm. Uganda. 
mediopunc- E. mediopunctata Pag. (14 a). Thorax and abdomen orange-yellow, abdomen with black lateral dots. 
iaia. Forewing pale yellow with black dots at the cross-vein ^ancl one near the base. Hindwing paler with a black 
central dot. 30 mm. Abyssinia. 
unipuncta. E. unipuncta Hmps. (14 a). Body and forewing orange-yellow. Abdomen with black spots. Forewing 
with a dot at the lower cell-angle. Hindwing yellowish-white (d) or orange-yellow ($). A form of it has on 
the hindwing a broad greyish-black marginal band which is proximally fadedly defined. 32 to 35 mm. East 
Africa. 
karschi. E. kaischi Brtl. (14 a) is orange-yellow, without black dots on the abdomen and wings. In the $ 
the hindwing is white. 32 to 40 mm. Togo, Niger, Uganda. 
laglaizei. E. laglaizel Bothsch. (14 a). Thorax and forewing pale ochreous-brown. Abdomen orange-yellow 
with black dots. Hindwing orange-yellow ($). 35 mm. Senegal. Perhaps a form of karschi. 
ansorgei. E. ansorgei Bothsch. (14 b). Thorax, abdomen, and forewing pale oclireous. Abdomen with black 
lateral spots. Veins of forewing somewhat darker. Hindwing yellowish-white. 34 mm. Uganda. 
similis. E. similis Bothsch. (14 b). Forewing and the whole abdomen somewhat darker. Abdomen with black 
dorsal spots. Hindwing ochreous-white or chreous-yellow, at the margin somewhat brown. 40 mm. Uganda, 
Rhodesia. 
Forewing with more or less intense dark radial streaks. 
neuriastis. E. neuriastis Hmps. (= pembertoni Bothsch.) (14 b). Thorax greyish-yellow; abdomen orange with 
black margins. Wings yellowish-white, veins fine dark. Forewing at the margin slightly yellowish. 40 mm. 
Angola. 
tennistriga- E. tenuistrigata Hmps. (14 b). Thorax and wings ochreous-yellow, abdomen above orange with black 
ia - margins. Veins of both wings fine black. 42 mm. Mashona Land. 
lemniscata. E. lemniscata Dist. (14 b). Thorax and forewing yellow. Abdomen orange with black dorsal spots, 
beneath black. Forewing with narrow black stripes on the median vein, veins 2 to 4 and 6, sometimes on vein 1. 
Hindwing in the $ yellowish-white, in the $ black. 32 to 42 mm. East Africa, Mashona Land, Transvaal. 
scita. E. scita Wkr. (14 c). Similar to lemniscata, with a very broad band on the median vein as far as the 
distal margin and above it a shorter one in the distal third. Specimens from the Kilimanjaro have also on the 
hindwing a feeble band at the median vein and between the veins 3 to 5. Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Kilimanjaro. 
unilinea. unilinea Bothsch. (14 c). The principal band on the forewing is narrower, the anterior one is absent altogether. 
Hindwing yellowish-white. West Africa. -— 30 to 34 mm. 
simulans. E. simulans Btlr. (= unistriga Griinb.) (14 c.) is somewhat paler. The still narrower band on the 
forewing extends somewhat beyond the cell-end. Sometimes another spot at the upper cell-angle, at veins 
3 and 4. 36 mm. South West Africa, Fernando Po; Egypt. 
linea. E. lirtea Wkr. (= dorsalis Wkr., truncatum Wkr., strigatum Wallgr., lineatum Btlr.) (14 c) differs 
from lemniscata in the abdomen being ochreous-yellow beneath. Hindwing of <$ and $ orange-yellow. Marking 
in both the species the same. East Africa. 
rothi. E. rothi Bothsch. (14g). The whole body and forewing is ochreous-yellow. Hind wing yellowish-white. 
Median vein of forewing fine black. 30 mm. Niger District. 
griseipen- E. griseipennis Brtl. (14 b) is very variable, changing from greyish-yellow to reddish-yellow. The 
ms. streak on the median vein is mostly absent. I never saw a specimen as dark as the one figured by Hampson *). 
35 mm. Angola, Natal. 
multivittata. E. multivittata Bothsch. (14 d). Ground-colour still somewhat darker than griseipennis . In the $ 
the hindwing except the fringes may be almost entirely blackish-brown. Marking of forewing more intense 
than in linea , but otherwise similar to it. 32 to 35 mm. Abyssinia, Natal. 
trivitia. E. trivitta Wkr. (14 c) is somewhat different. Yellowish-white. Abdomen above orange with black 
spots. Forewing with 3 mostly strong, almost parallel radial bands. Hindwing white. 36 to 42 mm. Transvaal, 
Natal. 
*) Cat. Lep. Phal. Br, Mus. Sppl. II, pi. 64, fig. 21. 
